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We consider a Lorentz violating non-commutating Kerr-like spacetime and studied the superradiance effect and the shadow cast by the back hole. We extensively study the different aspects of the black hole associated with a generalized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-22 Sohan Kumar Jha , Anisur Rahaman

In this work, we investigate the shadow properties of the Kerr-Newman-Anti-de Sitter black hole coupled to a nonlinear electrodynamics. We construct the shadow by employing the celestial coordinate approach for observers located at finite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-20 Mohsen Fathi

Observations of the black hole shadow of supermassive black holes, such as Sagittarius A* at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, allow us to study the properties of black holes and the nature of strong-field gravity. According to the Kerr…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-14 Dimitry Ayzenberg , Nicolas Yunes

The optical properties of rotating black holes in Kaluza-Klein theory described by the total mass, spin, and electric and magnetic charges are investigated in detail. Using a developed general relativistic ray-tracing code to calculate the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-12 Temurbek Mirzaev , Askar B. Abdikamalov , Ahmadjon A. Abdujabbarov , Dimitry Ayzenberg , Bobomurat Ahmedov , Cosimo Bambi

We model the light-curves from radiation-driven clouds near an accreting black hole. Taking into account the multiple images due to strong gravitational lensing, we find that sharp spikes can significantly enhance the observed flux.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-16 V. Karas

A distinct visual signature occurs in black holes that are surrounded by optically thin and geometrically thick emission regions. This signature is a sharp-edged dip in brightness that is coincident with the black-hole shadow, which is the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 Thomas Bronzwaer , Heino Falcke

We consider the rotating generalization of the Bardeen black hole solution in the presence of cloud of strings (CoS). The parameter space for which the black hole horizon exists is determined. We also study the static limit surface and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-01 Bijendra Kumar Vishvakarma , Dharm Veer Singh , Sanjay Siwach

A black hole casts a shadow as an optical appearance because of its strong gravitational field. We study the shadow cast by the five-dimensional Myers-Perry black hole with equal rotation parameters. We demonstrate that the null geodesic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Uma Papnoi , Farruh Atamurotov , Sushant G. Ghosh , Bobomurat Ahmedov

The Event Horizon Telescope, a global submillimeter wavelength very long baseline interferometry array, produced the first image of supermassive black hole M87* showing a ring of diameter $\theta_d= 42\pm 3\,\mu$as, inferred a black hole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-18 Rahul Kumar , Amit Kumar , Sushant G. Ghosh

Due to the gravitational lensing effect, a black hole casts a shadow larger than its horizon over a bright background, and the shape and size can be calculated. The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has produced the first direct image…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-28 Rahul Kumar , Balendra Pratap Singh , Md Sabir Ali , Sushant G. Ghosh

We have studied the spacetime of a Kerr black hole immersed in Melvin magnetic field, and found not only unstable light rings could exist, but also stable light rings could exist. Both the prograde and retrograde unstable light rings…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-13 Mingzhi Wang , Songbai Chen , Jiliang Jing

This research delves into the optical characteristics of stationary, spherically symmetric black holes. These black holes follow the Konoplya-Zhidenko deformation rule in arbitrary gravity theories. This research finds that the effects of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-28 Qiao Yue , Zhaoyi Xu , Meirong Tang

A black hole embedded within a bright, optically thin emitting region imprints a nearly circular "shadow" on its image, corresponding to the observer's line-of-sight into the black hole. The shadow boundary depends on the black hole's mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-09 Joseph R. Farah , Dominic W. Pesce , Michael D. Johnson , Lindy L. Blackburn

We study the gravitational lensing by a Kerr-Sen Black Hole arising in heterotic string theory. A closed form expression for the bending angle of light in equatorial plane of Kerr-Sen Black Hole is derived as a function of impact parameter,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-24 Rashmi Uniyal , Hemwati Nandan , Philippe Jetzer

We discuss photon rings around as well as shadows of Kerr black holes immersed in a swirling spacetime (KBHSU). We find that the spin-spin interaction between the angular momentum of the black hole and the swirling of the background leads…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-16 Rogério Capobianco , Betti Hartmann , Jutta Kunz , Nikhita Vas , João Novo

Generic extensions of the standard model predict the existence of ultralight bosonic degrees of freedom. Several ongoing experiments are aimed at detecting these particles or constraining their mass range. Here we show that massive vector…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Paolo Pani , Vitor Cardoso , Leonardo Gualtieri , Emanuele Berti , Akihiro Ishibashi

We describe a new approach to calculating photon trajectories and gravitational lensing effects in the strong gravitational field of the Kerr black hole. These techniques are applied to explore both the imaging and spectral properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-10 Kris Beckwith , Chris Done

We consider the perturbative, fully explicit, analytical behaviour of photon escape cones in the Kerr spacetime. When one conducts the fully general non-perturbative Kerr analysis, one quickly finds that one must at some point appeal to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-18 Joshua Baines , Matt Visser

The presence of a bright "photon ring" surrounding a dark "black hole shadow" has been discussed as an important feature of the observational appearance of emission originating near a black hole. We clarify the meaning and relevance of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-17 Samuel E. Gralla , Daniel E. Holz , Robert M. Wald

The presence of dark matter around a black hole remarkably affects its spacetime. We consider the effects of dark matter on the shadow of a new solution to the Einstein equations that describes a rotating black hole in the background of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-12 Sumarna Haroon , Mubasher Jamil , Kimet Jusufi , Kai Lin , Robert B. Mann